[Scpg] Thu, Oct 5/The Real Dirt on Farmer John/UCSB Arts & Lecture Series Movie

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

If you haven't seen it, not to be missed!

the Real Dirt on Farmer John
Thu, Oct 5, 7:30pm UCSB Campbell Hall
$6 Public, $5 UCSB Students

An emotionally moving and true story of maverick, All-American farmer John
Perterson and the resurrection of his family business as a CSA (Community
Agriculture) organic farm after the devastating farm debt crisis of the
1980's.  

The Real Dirt on Farmer John is the epic tale of a maverick Mid-western
farmer.  An outcast in his community, Farmer John transforms his world
amidst a
failing economy, vicious rumors, and violence.  By melding the traditions of
family farming with the power of art and free expression, this
quintessentially
American story heralds a ressurection of farming in America.

Through highly personal interviews and 50 years of beautifully textured
footgage, filmmaker Taggart Siegel shares Farmer John's haunting and humorous
odyssey, capturing what it means to be wildly different --- a fiercely
individual artist in a suspicious rural community.  

more info:
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu
805/893-3535 
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